The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c26.116

c26.116

Nāgakeśara, flower 94, symbol of Maitreya 94 Nāgārjuna 12, 35, rescued Prajñāpāramitā 197, 220, deified 35, Sidhhapurṣa 193 Nāgas 35, 197 Nairātmā 204, meaning of the word 204, female form of Śūnya 390, consort of Heruka 217, vāhana 203, colour 203, character 203, sādhana 203, dhyāna 203, described 203, images 39, 204, direction 160, form 160, and Vajravārāhī 203, and Vajrayoginī 248 Nairṛti, 362, colour 362, vāhana 362, direction 362, dhyāna 362, described 362 Nakṣattras, twenty-eight, 381, their number, 381f, described 381f, their colour 381f, general description 381f Nālandā 5, 6, 35, 41, 43, monastery 42 museum at 38, images 38, Ādibuddha theory originated at 387n Nāmasaṅgīti 206, colour 206, literature 206, Buddha or a Bodhisattva 206, images 207, dhyāna 207, described 207, and Mañjuśrī 206 Nāmasaṅgīti Mañjuśrī 115, colour 115, sādhana 115, sire 115, described 115, dhyāna 115f, described 116, images 116 and Nāmasaṅgīti 206 Nanda, half brother of the Buddha 31 Nandikeśvara 366, colour 366, symbol 366, dhyāna 366, vāhana 366, described 366, images 366 Naropa 6 Nātha Yogin 6 Navagrahas 213 Nepal 5, 6, 7, 39 Nepalese art 39 Nepal Valley, originally a lake 101 Needle 210 Nīladaṇḍa 254, colour 254, direction 254, dhyāna 254, described 254, Śakti 254, images 254 Nīlakaṇṭha, origin of 140, colour 140, mudrā 140, symbol 140, companion 140, sādhana 140, dhyāna 140, described 140, images 141, and Vajrarāga 141 Nīlakaṇṭha Lokeśvara, described 396 Nimittas (signs) 26 Nine Dharmas, of Nepal 12 Nirukti Pratisamvit 343, colour 343, symbol 343, dhyāna 343, described 343, images 343 Nirvāṇa 8, 11 Niṣpannatārā 151, colour 151, described 151, 222 Niṣpannayogāvalī 3, 4, 47, 82, 385, importance 385, date 385, Cundā in 221 Nityanātha Lokeśvara, described 431 Nṛtyā 314, colour 314, symbol 314, dhyāna 314, described 314, images 314